We have great news. We are in process of testing the new wort cooler design. The preliminary test went well. The current design required approximately 2 hrs to cool from 212F to 85F. The new design reduces the wort cooling time under an hour. This will shorten the overtime brewing time under 2 hours. An extract/steeping grain brew will brew for 60 minutes, then cool the wort under an hour and pump the wort to the fermentation vessel. We have new hardware on order for final testing. Our goal is releasing the new design by the end of March. The new design will allow us to create any size Nano Brewery. Once we finalize the Nano Brewery (12 pack) we will up scale to a 5 gallon size brew. The 5 gallon Nano Brewery will be able to brew all extract version recipes. The cooking pot will be able to handle a few pounds of steeping grains. The exact poundage is not determined yet.
PS: We kegged the Double Chocolate Porter yesterday and racked the Kolsch Lager and the White Ale. The White Ale will be ready in a couple weeks. The Kolsch will take longer. This time the beer has a stronger sulfur smell from the lager yeast and it needs some conditioning and lagering..
